To,

The Visa Officer,

Australia High Commission,

Department of Foreign Affairs of Australia

Dear Sir/ Ma’am,

I am an applicant for an Enterprise Systems and Business Analytics course and a current student at Federation university would like to apply for a student visa extension due to COVID-19 reasons in my homeland, Nepal.

Current visa valid until: [Date]

Extension requested for: 7 months

New validity date: [New Date]

I have to travel to India on __/__/____ (Date). I studied my Bachelors from India and born & brought up in Nepal. Due to Covid-19 and after getting a visa on March 18,2021 I was not able to go to Australia because the border was closed and I have to wait for 8 months to come to Australia even though I study online classes from July to October. I will be having 2 units, one masters project and one-unit subject and it will affect my career. The period of extension I am applying for is from February 2023 to September 2023 as I was not able to complete my studies by time.

I am enclosing Form ______ (Application to Extend Status) with supporting documents for extending my non-immigrant status in Australia.

The major reason for choosing Master of technology (Enterprise Systems and Business Analytics) with my current goal is to become a software analyst/engineer and make various software as market demands. Later, have a dream of establishing a software company in Nepal after my post-graduation after 4 years and establish it in the international market. I would like to return back to Nepal after completing my course in Australia. After finishing degree from federation university, I am planning for post-graduate studies and will have a good experience in the technology to get a managerial position in MNC companies before setting up my own business in software on home country.

Having a background of 78.50% score in my secondary education from Kathmandu Vidya Mandir; secured admission in Xavier International College on completing science stream in June 2014. I secured 79% in secondary level mathematics but due to the destructive conditions of the earthquake in Kathmandu to discontinue my studies and therefore took the decision to serve as a volunteer in Bibeksheel Nepali. I provided my volunteership for a period of six months with full time support in the earthquake relief and rehabilitation work.  This has helped me in my mind set to be framed and getting continued with an ambition on the practical knowledge in computer engineering where I chose to pursue my undergraduate education with B.E. in Computer Science and Engineering from Rajeev Institute of Technology into the affiliated university undertaken. Being awarded as the best student in securing highest marks on 3rd semester examination in the year of 2017-2018 for the department of computer science, I have been very much interested towards achieving career prospect for my further education when I return back to Nepal as on September 3 on 2020 in order to have intensification on my area of specialisation I want to study abroad and therefore gave my IELTS exam. The main objective of giving such an exam was to score and have a further prospect of getting a degree from a foreign university. I got a band of 6.0 with coding 6.5 on listening, 6.0 on reading and 6.0 for speaking and writing. My education background has been improved on the later stage. As going on the English pronunciation as well as communication on having an impact in the college with community behavioural skills undertaken too.

The financial cost for remaining studies to be undertaken by me is in the time period for 8 months. I do a full time job and have some savings and rest will be supported by families since I am a student and focused on my career. The economic situation in my home country made me fail to travel to foreign borders in the pandemic period of COVID-19 with travel restrictions due to which visa extension will be very mandatory for me.

Majority of the assistance in terms of financial support comes from my father.  My studies are mainly found in my family. My father has been a retired army officer who is to work as a security personnel and my mother on the other hand has been the office support staff. My parents Mr Mahendra Vikram Shah and Mrs Sita Shah; living in a nuclear family has been a huge source of support and motivation for me during my academic excellence. They have been the pillar of my guidance and help me in continuing my studies right from the school level. It has been my father who has always supported me in my education in Australia and also wants me to have a high career prospect for fulfilling my future dream.  This ever makes me get the privilege of being the only son in the family with respect to having financial support in order to provide letter backup to my parents on getting established from the ceiling of foreign degree. My family is very much positive about travelling to Australia and supporting me for further studies.

The choice for Australian University to be undertaken as for my further studies due to the suggestions from my elders in the family and also from the other education consultants that I have visited in the career fairs. Quality education from Australia University compared to other Canadian Universities has impressed me on a much larger basis. Although I have been previously impressed by some of the Canadian universities, the University of British Columbia and University of Toronto, the expensive tuition fee of more than $40,000 was not suitable for me. The choice of location of Adelaide with the kitchen and laundry facilities which helps me with AUD $14,000-$19,000 as to be invested towards personal expenses including the accommodation and equation cost being affordable. Based on my family background and the climatic conditions required for the location that I would be able to survive in Australia on a suitable fit.  The universities in Australia has been found to be welcoming to international students and also offer their resources to bring a diverse educational framework. Educational and business fair fees were paid when we learned a lot about the US education system. 

However; due to the huge expenses covered in universities like Harvard University and Bucknell University; was difficult in COVID-19 with residence loss required for migration rules in US boundaries. Nevertheless, I found the Australian universities in comparison to the body cell amount for the scholarship in terms of the currency exchange for Indian amount with scores required in TOEFL and IELTS exam.  The 2-years program to be undertaken brings Australian education to be possible for me with respect to financial assistance and also having a decent climate condition with expenses within that destination. I have no such issues on travelling but due to the kilometre condition of the pandemic the entry requirements have been very much more time consuming in other countries like Germany and Japan due to language barriers being rejected.

After completing my bachelor from India, I had planned to go for abroad studies after returning back to home in Nepal. I don’t want continue into the Nepalese University as a lot of course materials are not being quite practical with the implications of the Enterprise Systems and Business Analytics course. This is due to Kathmandu University having very limited seats which makes the technology theory to be only studied and does not provide any such kind of real-life scenarios with internships. I prefer the notable university in Australia for higher education as with the Masters of Technology abreast with topics into ERP, SCM, and CRM. I want to invest and also trust in the Australian education system which has been in the top five positions working on the affordability and quality of life for the students globally.

The visa extension would bring my further career prospects to be on a higher note with completion of the course and the use of the better chances of returning to my home country for the career opportunities in employment. I suffered from the delay in travel due to natural calamity occurred in Nepal which made my gap in the education due to which the importance of visa extension is very crucial for my completion of academic credentials. This would otherwise impact negatively on my resume with the academic qualifications. It is also crucial for enrolling to the visa extension in order to accommodate to the opportunity of travelling to international borders outside India and returning back on the end of the student visa maintaining the COVID-19 travel protocols. I prefer to complete my academic course from Federation University and take up the post-graduation course in order to successfully establish my home business on the ERP software applications for B2B clients in future.

It is my humble request to please kindly extend my visa as for the mentioned period. I am ready to pay for the application charges in line with the visa extension required and ready to serve the regulations required.

Sincerely,